London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

Entrepreuneurship

In the first of our three-part technology hotlist of the top names on London’s start-up scene we round up the Aristechracy — the Knights of the Roundabout and the Miracle Growers — who are at the helm of the capital’s fast-expanding SMEs

Ed Miliband’s speech on immigration today accentuates the positive. He emphasises that he is proud of “multi-ethnic, diverse Britain” and says “we are stronger for it. It gives us access to new ideas, new perspectives, new energies.

The BBC has landed something of a coup. Microsoft founder and head honcho Bill Gates is to deliver the 2013 Richard Dimbleby Lecture, the Londoner can reveal, following in the footsteps of President Clinton, Sir Terry Pratchett, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.

I spoke at the Evening Standard Business Connections event last week, and enjoyed answering questions on everything from cash flow to mentoring. I wanted to touch upon one of the questions I was asked:

“Now is the time to throw everything we have at getting ahead of our global competitors, to get more people to take the leap of faith, so we can seriously stimulate and drive our economy forward in the coming years.”

QPR may be bottom of the Barclays Premier League, but boss Mark Hughes insists life at Loftus Road is like a walk in the park compared to the turmoil he had to endure throughout his tumultuous reign at Manchester City.